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  1. 3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Bobby Burton

     

    In what has become a theme in this recruiting class, Texas finished second on two very talented players yesterday. Close but no cigar.

    Sure, it’s disappointing. Any recruiting loss is. But some folks need to take a deep breath and step away from the ledge.

    After all, Texas already has 17 commitments, is ranked in a higher spot currently to where it was at this time last year, and there is the fact that Steve Sarkisian and his staff have proven themselves capable time and again of bringing in elite prospects before the final recruiting curtain closes.

    All any recruiting loss really does at this time of year is up the stakes for Texas on the remaining prospects and/or on the prospects Texas will continue to recruit despite a public commitment elsewhere. Texas, and Sark in particular, has seen this play before and risen to the occasion.

    So that’s where we are now. The stakes just got higher.

    Texas is at 17 commitments. The Longhorns ultimately want to land anywhere between 25-27 scholarships come signing day.

    Remember, it’s who you add in recruiting, not who you lose.

    They need an RB, another OL, a TE, a couple of DLs, an LB or two and a top-tier CB.

    Piece by piece, I have confidence Sark will get the Texas recruiting class there. Yes, even amidst all the changes in NIL and recruiting that I am well aware of.

    Overall, I’m not sure I can adequately put into words just how strongly I believe and have faith in the paragraph above. I think Texas will finish recruiting with an elite class.

    Anyone who leaves the theater now is overreacting and they’re doing so before the close of the first act and well before the second act even begins.

    Bobby telling people to step off of the ledge implies he’s heard some good news imo.
     

    4 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Chad Simmons (On3 National guy) on Samari Matthews 

    4-star CB Samari Matthews 

    South Carolina was long considered the team to beat for Samari Matthews, and the Gamecocks are in the final two, but we like where Texas sits with a decision date of July 11 approaching. Mark Orphey has led the charge for the Longhorns. Matthews may be a little closer with the staff overall in Columbia, but his connection with Orphey may be his strongest. This is an SEC battle, but Texas remains in the pole position with a decision nearing.

    It’s probably this, Hayes posted about a commit to us the other day, people at ON3 know. We’ll see if we can actually make it to the finish line this time.

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  2. 41 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    This is kind of odd now. Like flipping a coin and having it land on heads 10 times in a row (besides that time it landed on Turntine). 

    It's not a coin flip. Don't take the 9.95ers so literally. When they say something is 50/50 it just means they don't know shit

     

    39 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Not really. This isn’t 50/50 stuff in any way. 

    Yeah, Tennessee was on Rouse for far longer than we were. Rouse wasn't even on the upcoming commitment graphic OTF made two weeks ago. 

  3. If Bishop is set to be a WR as has been reported, then we’re more than fine there. Lott and Finley are only annoying because they were legacies not because we’re hurting at their position.

    Overall though, I think there probably needs to be a bit of a resetting of the board. By Saturday, almost every player who OV’d to us will be committed somewhere. Obviously you try to flip whoever you can, but some new targets need to emerge too.

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  4. 10 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Given how deep Texas is in the secondary, the Matthews recruitment just has a feeling akin to the WR position this cycle. What I mean is that SCar will be more desperate to sign the guy than Texas, they’ll bump up their offer into a range in which Texas has to change theirs, and Texas chooses to stand pat. Then, suddenly, darn it, no Matthews to Texas. 

    Sounds like a quick way to not be deep in the secondary anymore.

  5. 47 minutes ago, fellside said:

    To be fair, he is in the same district as Turntine who won 1st team. 

    Yep, and here’s another thing people probably don’t realize. They fill out those “first teams” as entire rosters, not just a starting lineup, there’s like 50 spots. 11 OL made district 3-6A “first team” and Ojo wasn’t one of them. He’s all projection.

  6. 13 minutes ago, irishtexan said:


    The only person ranking him as a 5 star at this point is Gerry. I’m thrilled to have him though.

    The composite has 30 5-stars right now and Turntine is ranked 36th. He's not that far off. This board spent so much time shitting on the kid for not being fatter, people forgot he was still highly ranked

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  7. 2 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

    I think the amount of outrage could easily be exaggerated. 

    Most people find it remarkably easy to spend someone else's money. 

    The outrage would've been from other teams/fans. "Texas is ruining college football!!11". People care a lot less when its an irrelevant Texas Tech program.

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  8. 1 hour ago, honolulu horn said:

    I contribute through the legitimate channels but that's not my point. I'm saying that many posters here continue to find creative ways to feel optimistic about a pretty shitty situation. Believe me, I hope like hell that we get some of these guys over the course of the fall. But to this point, recently losing out on top guys has sucked and it seems like it has caught our recruiting staff off guard. I don't think anyone here can say with a straight face that they feel really satisfied with the way things have gone over the past 2 weeks. That's all I'm saying. 

    Again, here's hoping that the staff is able to turn things around this fall. And fingers crossed for Turntine today. 

    Posts like this are so weird because there has been plenty of worrying, whining and gnashing of teeth on this board. What is it that you want? You seem to be upset that it’s just not  100% that.

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  9. 1 minute ago, IDIOTsavant said:

    Where do you land if A&M made them ridiculous offers? Probably not what Ojo will get, but say double what we value them at?

    I assume they didn't get anywhere near what Ojo is being offered and so they would've been more economical. But if they did, then none of this matters, and the incessant whining on this board was actually warranted.

  10. 11 minutes ago, CastHorn said:

    Somebody educate me on Tech recruiting. Why would they splurge for Ojo? Their class looks pedestrian. You’d think their class would look more like Aggie if they really wanted to spend some money. 

    They are just star fucking. They're more interested in "sending a message" than they are actually building a well-rounded class.

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